Ultrastructural and biochemical studies on the neuroprotective effects of excitatory amino acid antagonists in the ischemic rat retina

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 419-434

  Matini, Patrizia ^a   Moroni, Fulvio ^a   Lombardi, Grazia ^a   Faussone Pellegrini, Maria Simonetta ^a   Moroni, Flavio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; AMPA RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; KYNURENIC ACID DERIVATIVE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA ISCHEMIA; RETINA NERVE CELL;

EID: 0031213969     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1997.6546     Document Type: Article

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